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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






2. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






3. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






4. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






5. What function is vitamin A?






6. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






7. What function is vitamin D?






8. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






9. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






10. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






11. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






12. What is the function of vitamin E?






13. When does BMR increase?






14. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






15. Sources of fats






16. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






17. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






18. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






19. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






20. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






21. What is normal BMI?






22. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






23. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






24. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






25. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






26. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






27. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






28. What are healthy sources of fats?






29. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






30. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






31. What foods have high quality protein?






32. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






33. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






34. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






35. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






36. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






37. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






38. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






39. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






40. The higher the BMR a client has --






41. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






42. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






43. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






44. What does DASH stand for?






45. What is RDA of protein?






46. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






47. Fats can lead to some medical problems






48. Name six sources of grains






49. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






50. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?